Gunmen abduct eight people in Ekiti, demand N50 million ransom

Gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped eight people at Itapaji Ekiti in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The incident came barely a week after four persons were kidnapped at Ayebode in the same council area.
 
The Guardian gathered that the abductors contacted the family early yesterday and demanded N50 million as ransom. An eyewitness told newsmen in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, that the gunmen had besieged a house located in the town around 9:30p.m., shot sporadically into the air and made away with eight occupants of the building.

“Early today (Wednesday), one of the family members received a call from the abductors who demanded a ransom of N50 million.”
The source identified lack of police stations in Itapaji -Ayebode and Irele-Oke Ako area as responsible for increasing cases of kidnapping, saying the nearest police station is in Ikole Ekiti, which is over 40 minutes drive to the troubled spots.
  
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident He said: “The Command is working on that. Already a special police operatives as well as a Joint Task Force (JTF) have been deployed in that area to ensure they rescue the victims and possible arrest of the culprits”.